Ukraine Ukraine's pro-Russia Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich vowed to stand in a new presidential runoff vote after the supreme court annulled results of a bitterly disputed poll that polarized the country and sent Cold War-era shadows on the world stage. Philippines President Gloria Arroyo banned all commercial logging as rescuers rushed aid to nearly a million wet and hungry survivors of two deadly storms that are feared to have left more than 1,100 dead, officials said. Iraq At least four police were killed and 49 others wounded when two suicide car bombs exploded simultaneously at a police station in central Baghdad, raising new fears that unrest will derail Iraq's January election. Colombia Alleged drug kingpin Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, head of the powerful Cali drug cartel, arrived in the United States to face one of the biggest drug and money-laundering trials in US country's history. Iran UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei angrily denied charges he had collaborated with Iran ahead of publishing written reports on his investigation of the Islamic Republic's controversial nuclear program. US Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said that US President George W. Bush views the creation of a Palestinian state as "the core issue" for defeating global terrorism. Germany Three Iraqis arrested in Germany on suspicion of plotting an attack against visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi were brought before an investigating magistrate, the state prosecutor's office said, as a fourth man was reported nabbed. Niger Voters in Niger went to the polls in the last round of a presidential election, in which incumbent leader Mamadou Tandja was forecast to defeat Socialist Mahamadou Issoufou to win a second term. Britain British Minister for Europe Denis MacShane was in the hot seat as he sought to clarify an unguarded comment that dismissed as "a giant red herring" the economic conditions set by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown for Britain's adoption of the euro. Miss World Miss Peru, Maria Julia Mantilla Garcia, was chosen Miss World 2004, ahead of contestants from the Dominican Republic and the United States, at a beauty pageant held in China for the second time.